The core gameplay is tighter and more refined with faster action and less cornball antics that would be more in line with a D-grade anime than a fighting game plot. We saw the SNK female cast reborn in SNK Heroines on the Switch, PS4, and PC, but honestly, SNK Gals’ Fighters is a better-playing game than that is. Capcom being concepts that would be revisited down the line in new and expanded ways. The collection offers a chance at new life for games that wound up being precursors to mainline console history as well, with both SNK Gals’ Fighters and SNK vs. The Last Blade isn’t as strategy-focused as SamSho when it comes to nailing the timing, but does offer a different feel since more characters use projectiles and air combat is a bigger piece of the puzzle.
The Last Blade is a faster game with some characters that actually prefer to use their fists while others use bizarre weapons like fishing rods to deal damage. While SamSho and The Last Blade use weapons, they also do it completely differently. Samurai Shodown 2, for example, keeps the same weapons-based fighting as the original arcade games, but mixes things up by using not only weapons, but also a timing-centric nature to combat where landing the shot at the right time and in the right place meant more than just flailing about.
Yes, there’s the common ground of combat - but how they’re executed can vary wildly. Even with “just” a ton of fighters offered up, the collection still feels varied since they don’t all play alike. The existing showcases were all fighting games, but this compilation offers up an RPG in Dark Arms alongside a fun pick up and play golf game and two classic run and gun shooters. Like the original Neo Geo console and arcade hardware before it, the Neo Geo Pocket Color gained a reputation for having a slew of high-quality fighting games but also had some other genres represented well that didn’t get much recognition. What began as Samurai Shodown 2 being bundled with pre-orders of the Samurai Shodown reboot has led to a mini-resurrection of the Neo Geo Pocket Color in portable form thanks to the Switch, which also opens the door for TV playback as well. 1, of which Metal Slug 1st Mission, Metal Slug 2nd Mission, Dark Arms Beast Buster 1999 and Big Tournament Golf are new to the Switch and didn’t get individual releases beforehand.
Now a compilation of these games has been released plus a few new additions with Neo Geo Pocket Color Selection Vol. Capcom: Match of the Millennium, SNK Gals’ Fighters, Samurai Shodown 2, King of Fighters R-2, The Last Blade: Beyond the Destiny and Fatal Fury First Contact. We’ve covered the Neo Geo Pocket Color Selection’s library extensively so far, an impressive lineup which includes SNK vs.
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